Track brace



J. REID Y TRACK BRACE Filed April 25, 19 23 2 Shoots-Shoat l Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH S. REID, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CLARK BROTHERS COMPANY, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TRACK BRACE.

Application filed April 23, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. REID, a citizen of the United States, residing at Olean, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track Braces, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in track braces.

The purpose of this invention is not only to permit the brace to be millwrighted so that it is a tight fit in the floor beams, but also enables the track to be aligned whenever l5 desired.

Solid braces have hitherto been used reaching from the floor beam to the track. These have generally been solid castings.

My present invention includes two heads, one adapted to rest against and be secured to the V track and the other against the floor beam where it is securely bolted, with an intermediate adjusting rod having right and left threads which screw into corresponding threaded sockets in the inner ends of the heads for lengthening the brace and forcing it rigidly between the two points to which the heads are attached.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is an end view of a sawmill carriage showing the rails in section and the brace in position:

Figure 2 is an enlarged cross section through the rail and beam supporting it and showing the brace in side elevation: and

Figure 3 is a plan view of the brace.

The numeral 1 represents the floor beam and 2 is the head which is bolted down by bolts 3 extending through the holes 4.

A head 5 is fitted to the side of the V track 6 and is held rigidly attached thereto by a bolt 7 passing through the web of the rail and through a hole 8 in the head.

The numeral 9 indicates the connecting rod having right and left threads 10 and Serial No. 633,861.

11 which screw into the sockets 12 and 13 respectively of the heads 2 and 5. A squared portion 14 at the center of the rod is adapted to receive a wrench by which the central rod is turned to lengthen or shorten the brace between the beam and the rail.

Lock nuts 15 turn on these threads to hold the parts of the brace rigidly in place.

The V track 6 must hold the sawmill carriage against the shock of logs loaded onto the carriage by the mill log loader as well as hold the carriage against the steam log turner that is used for turning these logs on the carriage. The carriage being made of railroad track sections, the track is rather high and in the past it has been difficult to hold this V track in place. Solid braces have been used reaching from the floor beam to the track, but a solid brace is very difficult to millwright so that it is really tight.

My present extensible track brace not only permits of the brace being millwrighted so that it is a tight fit in the floor beams, but it also enables the track to be aligned whenever desired.

My present invention holds the carriage track against the loaders and nigger; it holds the carriage track in both directions; the carriage track can readily be aligned; it is easily millwrighted and is tight and rigid, and it is adjustable to suit any track stick height.

I claim:

A track brace including two heads having right and left hand threaded sockets, a rod having right and left threads screwing into said sockets, one head constructed and adapted to fit a rail and the other a supporting beam, the heads having holes therethrough and bolts extending through the holes in the heads into the rail and beam respectively.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOSEPH S; REID. 

